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Rev Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader and Rainbow PUSH founder, dies at 84

The Rev Jesse Jackson, a prominent civil rights activist and two-time Democratic presidential candidate, died Tuesday morning at age 84, according to a family statement.

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Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson dies at age 84

Celebrated civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson died early Tuesday, his family said in a statement, after battling the neurodegenerative disorder Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP). He was 84 years old.   "Our father was a servant leader — not only to our family, but to the oppressed, the voiceless, and the overlooked around the world,” the...